Tooth-powder distributer.



Patented sept/13,1910.

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HERMANN HOELZER, 0F OSTERHOLZ-SCHARMBECK, NEAR BREMEN, GERMANY.

TOOTH-POWDER DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 10, 1907.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

serial No. 388,061.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN HoELzER, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Osterholz-Scharmbeck, near Bremen, Germany, haveinvented a new and useful Tooth-Powder Dist-ributer, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of the present invention is a tooth powder distributer.

As a rule the tooth powder is kept in closed or even open boxes. Whenmaking use of the tooth brush the latter is simply dipped into the openbox, whereby part of the powder is spilled, it flies about or falls onother toilet objects. Another inconvenience of the tooth owderdistributors, known so far, consists 1n the fact that very often severalpersons make use of the same distributer, which circumstance isfrequently conducive of diseases of all kinds.

The object of my invention offers the advantage of the tooth powderbeing kept in a constantly closed box which is opened only when it mustbe filled anew. Furthermore my invention renders it possible to providethe brush each time with the quantity of tooth powder wanted, withoutbringing the brush into contact with the whole tooth powder supply.Besides an arrangement has been provided in combination with thedistributer described, for the storing of the tooth brush, so that thelatter need not lie about any longer on the wash stand, or soap dish,etc.

Figure l shows a transverse section of the object of my invention. Fig.2 shows a front view of the distributer.

In Fig. l letter a signifies the recipient provided with an inclinedbottom serving as a magazine for the tooth powder said recipient beingclosed by a lid (o). The bott-om of the recipient is provided with aslit c above which a small cylinder (d) having teeth e on its peripheryis rotatably arranged. Below the slit another small recipient (f) isprovided.

In Fig. 2 the holder for tooth brushes g serving for the keeping of thetooth brush may be seen while the letter lz. represents tlhe key-shapedhandle fixed to the cylin- The subject of my invention is used in thefollowing way and manner: After opening the lid b the magazine a isfilled with tooth powder and then closed again. In order to extracttooth powder from the magazine, the tooth brush is kept below the slitc, and the cylinder d is slowly turned by means of the handle It, thetooth powder is then pushed through by the teeth of the cylinder,

and drops on the brush. Any powder dropping aside is not lost but fallsin the magazine j', from which it may be removed from time to time.

The distributer can be made of any material. The cylinder is made ofmetal or glass or some other material. In case glass should be used, itmay prove practical to provide the cylinder with knobs instead of teeth(e).

The drawing gives an idea of about the natural size of the distributer.The slit 0 is somewhat shorter than the brushing part of the toothbrush, b which a spilllng of the powder is avoidedl.I

Having fully explained my invention, what I claim is the following:

A tooth-powder distributer comprising in combination an upper receptaclefor the tooth powder having a longitudinal slot in the bottom which isslightly shorter than an ordinary tooth brush, a conical bottom part forsaid receptacle, a horizontal roller with teeth upon its surfacerevolubly mounted in the side walls of said receptacle above said slotso that its teeth touch the inner surface of the bottom part of thereceptacle, a handle upon the outer end of said roller for revolving thesame from outside the apparatus, a lower receptacle in which said upperreceptacle is inserted and which is open at the front side so that thetooth brush can be easily inserted to be placed with its bristles underthe slot of the upper receptacle, substantially as described and shownand for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERMANN HOELZER.

Witnesses l G. MENGE,

FR. HOYERMANN.

